MASTER AND HIS PUPIL: South Africa captain Graeme Smith (L) is on his knees after executing a slog sweep during his sublime unbeaten century while Bangladesh young opener Tamim Iqbal (R) drives the ball on the offside for his polished knock of 82 in the first one-day international at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium yesterday.Photo: Zobaer Hossain Sikder

Among Jamie Siddons's charges, a very young team with an average age of less than 21 years, only Tamim Iqbal seemed to show some signs of maturity.
It was quite understandable after yesterday's huge one-day defeat at the hands of South Africa that they would need a lot of time to turn from boys to men.
Tamim, who turns 19 ten days from now, is the youngest member of the Bangladesh team while debutant Mosharraf Hossain, at 27, is the oldest.
No one expects such an inexperienced side to dominate against the world's 'to be' number one team but perhaps, the memory of the two sides' previous meeting in the World Cup last year inspired a big crowd to cross all the hurdles to reach the Chittagong Divisional Stadium for the first one-dayer of the three-match series.
The Tigers, however, were nowhere near repeating their famous World Cup victory against Graeme Smith's men.
Tamim's 82 was outstanding and the only reason Bangladesh at one stage looked like crossing the 200-run barrier to give the three-pronged spin attack something to bowl at.
Alas, there was only one 40-plus partnership as all other batsmen struggled to shine on familiar conditions, the second-highest contribution being 15 runs each from debutants Rokibul Hassan and Dhiman Ghosh.
“I admit it was the wrong time to go,” said Tamim, who has scored three fifties in his last five innings.
“My initial goal was to go after the bowling after 40 overs. Had we scored about 150 by then, we could have added 50 to 60 more runs which would have been handy on this wicket.
“I could have played that ball differently and playing over the top was a mistake. We also did not have any big partnerships,” added Tamim, whose only chance in an otherwise flawless knock came on 33 when rival wicketkeeper AB de Villiers clipped the bails after losing the ball during a sure run-out situation.
In reply to a question, the local boy said he was more eager to play the role for the team rather than concentrating on a hundred. "I am still learning and trying to follow the lessons I get. Centuries will come by if I stick to that," he said.
Centurion Smith gave full credit to his bowlers for a clinical performance.
“The whole thing was set up by our bowlers. We risked playing two spinners and they bowled very well and also the seamers. We were also brilliant on the field,” said the Proteas captain.
“We created a lot of pressure and I don't think they (Bangladesh) were ever able to get away from us today (Sunday). The practice match was about trying a few things. When you play 13 (players), teams bat a lot low. Today was an example of putting in what we practice and thought into play. It was good to see.”
Happy to score a hundred ahead of the series in India, Smith said it was nice to reach the triple-figure after getting out often in the 80s and 90s.
“There was a different type of pressure with a lot of young batters coming down. The playing condition was certainly going to be a key. A lot of responsibility was on the top of the order because of experience and it was nice to see Herschelle (Gibbs) and myself show a bit of application today (Sunday),” said Smith, the man-of-the-match who gave a chance at 66.
Smith got a top edge while trying to reverse sweep Shakib Al Hassan but local umpire Enamul Haque Moni and Pakistan's Aleem Dar referred to the TV camera after Shahadat Hossain had taken a low catch at short third man.
The verdict went in favour of the South African, who however, was lucky to get an affirmative signal after a similar appeal against Bangladesh's Abdur Razzaq.
Although it seemed that Smith picked up the ball on one bounce, former national cricketer Moni and Dar did not refer to the stands and adjudged the Bangladeshi batsman out.
“I caught the ball on my fingers and I thought it was out,” he said referring to Razzaq's dismissal.
“Still, the umpires consulted and made the decision, nothing to do with me.”